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Saturday, October 27, 2018

WWE MSG matches changed, Ronda and Duggan defend Crown Jewel, Bischoff podcast live, lots of Evolution press, Interviews with Goldberg/Becky, WWE promotes women in sports, Callis back in NJPW, new Knockout taking time off, another Impact match announced, part of Evolution live on Twitter, MLW changes lead producers, NXT team challenging for EVOLVE tag title, Impact audience, new Global Wars matches, Alexa pulled from Evolution, Green's first NXT match, and Questions on Cole at Evolution, names who aren't at Evolution, honoring Moolah, Caruso-ESPN, and Madusa back in the ring

WWE's Madison Square Garden card has been updated to feature:
- Lashley vs. Finn Balor
- Ronda Rousey vs. Mickie James for the Raw Women's Championship
- Braun Strowman vs. Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre
- Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose in a steel cage for the Intercontinental Championship
- The ten-man NXT tag is still official. Notably, neither Brock Lesnar nor the Bellas are advertised, so that should tell you where things stand with plans for Evolution and Crown Jewel.

Ronda Rousey and Jim Duggan defended WWE doing Crown Jewel.

Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson's "83 Weeks" podcast will be live from Jimmy's Famous Seafood on November 3.

The Bella Twins promoted Evolution on Jimmy Fallon's show.

The IIconics "took over" WWE's Snapchat account to promote Evolution.

Triple H put over the Mae Young Classic.

Goldberg discussed Gillberg. I'm glad he's cool with it now.

Becky Lynch did an AMA on Reddit. I'm curious how much WWE let her answer.

WWE teamed with Girl Up to promote women in sports.

Don Callis is returning to NJPW commentary. Glad to see it.

Jordynne Grace is taking a few weeks off due to issues with her ankle. We'll see if she'll be able to compete at Impact's Nevada tapings. It would be a shame to see her momentum stalled this early.

Pentagon Jr. vs. Homicide is set for Thursday's Impact. I'm curious how that will go.

Evolution's first half-hour will be simulcast on Twitter, in a first for a WWE PPV. Hopefully that gets more people watching and ultimately paying for WWE Network, given the service's current performance.

Lilian Garcia talked about the path to Evolution. Things have definitely changed drastically in the 20 years since Lilian debuted.

Konnan is replacing Bruce Prichard as MLW's senior producer/agent, with Prichard leaving in an amicable fashion. The door is open for Bruce to return.

The Street Profits will work EVOLVE 114, challenging for the EVOLVE Tag Team Championship.

Impact Wrestling drew 98,000 viewers in its new timeslot, the lowest audience in the history of the show. I expect it could be heading to Twitch or another online platform in 2019; we'll see how the company gets by if/when they lose their U.S. TV home.

Shayna Baszler promoted Evolution on the Breaking Kayfabe podcast.

Added to Global Wars:
- The Kingdom vs. Dalton Castle and The Boys, Cody and Hangman Page vs. The Briscoes on November 7 in Maine
- Bully Ray/Silas Young vs. SANADA/EVIL on November 8 in Massachusetts
- Young Bucks vs. Tetsuya Naito/SANADA on November 9 in New York
- Dalton Castle/Juice Robinson vs. Tetsuya Naito/BUSHI on November 11 in Ontario

Alexa Bliss will not wrestle at Evolution due to an unspecified injury. Alicia Fox will replace her, teaming with Mickie James to face Trish Stratus and Lita.

Chelsea Green debuted for NXT Friday night, losing to Deonna Purrazzo in Florida.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. They didn't have an experienced female play-by-play announcer to put in his place.

2. Victoria and Jacqueline definitely fit the bill. It's odd how little they've recognized Victoria after all she did for the company.

3. I expect yes for both.

4. Basically that.

5. I don't expect so unless something changes between now and then. She's allowed to take outside work.

6. I don't expect her to do much. She's just there to add another name from the past to the match.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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